We dont yet have the details. Its in the details where the devil also lies. So well wait for those. Earlier today, it was President Trump that said there might be something miraculous to happen. Whether this is the matter to which he was referring remains to be seen. When we have more, well bring it to you right away. They battled not for control and domination but for liberty, democracy and selfrule. The lives that they gave, the sacrifice that they made did not just win a battle. It did not just win a war. Those that fought here won a future for our nation. They won the survival of our civilization. We know what we owe, to you, brethren, our freedom. On behalf of my nation, i just want to say thank you. Shepard the eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of libertyloving people everywhere march with you. Those were the parting words from general dwight d. Eisenhower as allied troops embarked on the largest invasion by sea in human history. To liberate france from the na
you went on the air. both of whom waived me off of that idea. i ll get back to you. shepard: we don t have it. when it showed up in bloomberg and the washington post, we thought we would tell. thanks, john. we ll get back to him, of course. we re honored to have a decorated world war ii veteran that stormed the beach on d-day. john mchew served in the first infantry division. in 1944, he landed at 7:30 a.m. he says there were about ten others in his landing craft. as they tried to get to shore, a german shell blew up the boat behind them. corporal mchugh was carrying a tripod for a 30 caliber machine gun. along with the tripod goes the machine gun. the soldier carrying that died. so corporal mchugh had to crawl
childhood sweet hair, rosy mcgee. the couple has three children, three grandchildren, seven great grandchildren. he s the first generation irish american. his family says corporal mchugh has a beautiful irish tenor voice and they still ask him to sing danny boy on special occasions. he s with us now on set. a member of america s greatest generation, corporal john mchugh. welcome. thank you. shepard: we honor you today. thanks for being here. thank you for asking me. this is wonderful. shepard: my father is not a brand new guy. he s like 91 plus. he doesn t have a lot of memories from that time. tell me your memories of this day back then. d-day, you can t describe. you re petrified. absolutely petrified. a guy falling there, a guy
along the beach without a gun while the nazis fired at him all day. on day two of the invasion, corporal mchugh said the allies faced enormous hedge rows and had no way of knowing if the enemy was behind them. there was just so many obstacles to overcome in a long and bloody push towards germany. after surviving the invasion of normandy, corporal mchugh spent months fighting the nazis including battle of the bulge. he earned the silver star, the bronze star, the european theater of operations ribbon that includes a silver arrow or arrowhead, i should say, for the normandy invasion. two presidential unit citations and the combat infantry badge. after the allies triumphed in 1945, corporal mchugh came home to new york and married his